TREFFPUNKT.AFRIKA#2
3.5.2012 - 5.5.2012


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From 3rd until 5th of May 2012 the cultural organization STADTWERKSTATT Linz arranges together with local and national partners the international festival TREFFPUNKT.AFRIKA#2. It will partly be held at a ship (the MS Schönbrunn) on the bank of the danube. The focus of the festival lies on a two-day Symposium with the topic „Survival of the Hippest? - Urban Art and Culture in Africa“

The lectures will be accompanied by Filmscreenings, a Concert and DJ Nightline with musicians from Ghana, Zimbabwe, Côte d'Ivoir, France, Germany and Austria and an International Soccer Tournament.
From Nothing to Something – How Hip-Hop can create work in a poor country as Senegal
Association Africulturban

In six years of existence Africulturban has become one of the largest organizations in the African Hip Hop scene by organizing cultural projects.

Amadou Fall Ba
Amadou Fall Ba cultural operator is a young Senegalese who were born in 1981. In the years 1994 – 1995 he discovered hip hop as all young people in Senegal at that time. It has a small artistic career as a rapper in his band Lyrics Mortels with two other friends from 2001 – 2006.The fashion scene is crowded and talented. We are all like little children trying to find our way in this industry without a real path or cadre. You have to create your own way. And it is maybe a strenght because only the more talented or motivated will succeed in living their dream and living from it. Link Interview